International Perspectives on Voluntary Action

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Foreword Contributors Introduction: The Parallel Universes of Third Sector Research and the Changing Context of Voluntary Action David Lewis Part 1: Linkages and Learning 1. Crossing the Great Divide: Building Links and Learning Between NGOs and Community-Based Organizations in North and South John Gauenta 2. Social Learning in South-North Coalitions: Constructing Knowledge Systems Across Social Chasms L David Brown 3. The Third World's Third Sector in Comparative Perspective Lester M Salamon and Helmut Anheier Part 2: Contrasts and Complementarities Voluntary Sector Governance - Problems in Practice and Theory in the United Kingdom and North America Margaret Harris NGO Governing Bodies and Beyond: A Southern Perspective on Third Sector Governance Issues Qadeer Baig Building NGO Legitimacy in Bangladesh: The Contested Domain Syed Hashemi and Mirza Hassan The Trouble with Values Rob Paton Citizen Organizations as Policy Entrepreneurs Adil Najam Influencing Policy: A UK Voluntary Sector Perspective Marilyn Taylor Evaluation and the Voluntary (Nonprofit) Sector: Emerging Issues Jeremy Kendall and Martin Knapp Evaluating NGO Development Interventions Roger C Riddell Advocacy and Third Sector Organizations: A Composite Perspective Alan Fowler Legitimacy and Values in NGOs and Voluntary Organizations: Some Sceptical Thoughts Michael Edwards Postscript: Reshaping the Third Sector Dauid Lewis